
Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s
Apocalypse Now
Scored from 1,053 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
Summary
During the Vietnam War, an Army captain is sent on a covert mission upriver into Cambodia to locate and eliminate a rogue Army Special Forces colonel who has disappeared into the jungle and established himself as a godlike figure among local forces. As the captain's crew navigates deeper into hostile territory, they encounter the brutal reality of the war and discover disturbing truths about their target.
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 war, drama and thriller film starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall. Francis Ford Coppola directed it. Its certificate is R. Its country of origin is listed as the United States. It runs 2h 27m.
The cohort it is ranked inside is 1970s films — 2,406 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 1,053 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 1,119 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 14,403 of whom clear the calibration test.
Is Apocalypse Now (1979) worth watching?
- Cohort
- Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
- Calibrated reviewers
- 1,053
Cohort: Films · 1970s







